Asset Living Acquires Texas-Based Alpha Barnes Real Estate
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Leading Property Management Company Adds One of the Largest Property Management Firms for Affordable Housing
“Alpha Barnes aligns well with our core values and we’re excited to bring them into our growing organization,” said Ryan McGrath, CEO of Asset Living. HOUSTON (PRWEB) January 29, 2021
Asset Living, a Houston-based leader in the property management sector, announced today that it has acquired Alpha Barnes Real Estate Services, a Dallas-based property management firm with a focus on managing various types of multifamily and affordable housing including Section 8, low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC), HUD financed, and senior housing communities.
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MORGAN Announces Executive Team Promotions
January 27, 2021 GMT
HOUSTON (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 27, 2021
MORGAN, a Houston-based leader in multifamily development, construction, acquisitions and property management, today announced four promotions in its executive ranks: Alan Patton to Vice Chairman, Evan Schlecker to President, Shelley Watson to Executive Vice President of Operations, and Joe Arentz to Senior Vice President of National Property Management.
Mike Morgan remains Chairman of MORGAN and Philip Morgan CEO, while Stan Levy continues as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
“One of our goals at MORGAN has been to build bench strength so we can promote from within,” Alan Patton said. “I’m very pleased to say that each of these promotions fulfills that objective. We have worked on our succession planning for several years now. It’s time for Evan to assume
Property owners: Eviction moratoriums may not be best way to help renters
Last week, President Joe Biden extended a federal eviction ban through March.
AUSTIN, Texas - Hours after taking office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to extend the ban on evictions through March 2021. Proponents of halting evictions said it s saving lives, but many Texas property owners believe there s a better way to help. Everybody needs a place to live, said Leni Louazna, a spokesperson for the Texas Apartment Association public affairs committee and an Austin property owner.
No one knows that better than property owners and landlords.
Farwah Raza, an attorney with Legal Aid of Northwest Texas, says be clear about what you can or can’t pay.
“You want to talk about what kind of financial issues you anticipate in the near future and when you anticipate that they ll be over, if you anticipate that they ll be over,” said Raza.
Then, ask about your options.
It could be a grace period to better coincide with when you expect a paycheck. Or it could be a payment plan, splitting rent into smaller payments or deferring some of the back-due rent into future payments.
Raza says be realistic about what you can pay. Gauge your income and expenses so that you don’t default on a repayment agreement.
Thousands of Texans still not able to afford rent as eviction moratorium expires at end of December
By Juan Pablo Garnham/The Texas Tribune
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Elsa Ramirez, and her daughters Josseline, 11, and Francheska, 4, stand outside their home in Houston on December 14, 2020. She and her three kids have managed to stay housed in her two-bedroom apartment, thanks to a federal eviction moratorium which
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It’s been a rough year for Elsa Ramírez.
The Houston woman lost the financial and emotional support of her husband, who was deported. She was infected with COVID-19, forcing her to isolate for two weeks and lose hours as seamstress.